Print

Print


I was contacted by them today, they left a message on the phone at the
farm.  My plan is to call the Attorney General's office and ask to have
them checked out.

Susan Houghton

> [Original Message]
> From: Vicki Morrone <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2/13/2007 3:17:07 PM
> Subject: FW: [SANET-MG] Scam targeting CSA/organic Farmers
>
> If you get a phone call that talks about relieving your debt as an
> organic farmer look out!! It is a scam. They have started calling our
> Michigan farmers so spread the word and "Just Say NO". If you have
> caller ID write down the number and if the number is an 801 area code,
> which is what several have experienced, call the police in Draper, UT
> (801) 576-6550 to confirm what the farmers in Iowa said.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sunflower Fields
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 8:36 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [SANET-MG] Scam targeting CSA/organic Farmers
>
> We have been contacted by these guys. I have called the police in 
> Draper, UT and they said they were on their way to check things out. I 
> am going to call them back today. Don't fall for it!
>
> Michael
>
> Sunflower Fields - our farm
> www.sunflowerfields.org
> GROWN Locally - we are proud to be grower/members since 1998
> www.grownlocally.com
> 776 Old Stage Road
> Postville, Iowa 52162
> 563.864.3847
> Solveig Hanson cell: 563.380.9848
> Michael Nash cell: 563.380.8847
>
>
> Rose says: Come on out to the farm. I'll give you a tour and show you 
> my farming system - lie in the grass, bark at anything or nothing, run 
> around, rub in smelly stuff, eat anything I want and love my farmers!
> On Feb 12, 2007, at 7:25 AM, Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
>
> > Lucy Goodman wrote:
> >
> >> I pulled this off of the Local Harvest Forum 
> >> (http://www.localharvest.org/forum/). They have not contacted us 
> >> Boulder Belt Farmers yet but if they do we will refuse their 
> >> "services"
> >
> > Must be Avery surrogates working out of Nigeria, Indiana. You should 
> > have called
> > the police and the telephone company to track their phone number and 
> > charge them
> > with making harrassing and threatening phone calls. That would fix 
> > them up real good.
> > Unthinkable that things have gotten so bad for sustainable farmers 
> > that they would be
> > targeted by predatory scam artists such as those. But considering 
> > attitudes about
> > organic farmers expressed by some in this forum, I am not suprised one
>
> > bit.
> >
> > ********************************************************
> > To unsubscribe from SANET-MG:
> > 1- Visit http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html to unsubscribe 
> > or;
> > 2- Send a message to <[log in to unmask]> from the address subscribed 
> > to the list. Type "unsubscribe sanet-mg" in the body of the message.
> >
> > Visit the SANET-MG archives at: 
> > http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html.
> > Questions? Visit http://www.sare.org/about/sanetFAQ.htm.
> > For more information on grants and other resources available through 
> > the SARE program, please visit http://www.sare.org.
> >
>
> ********************************************************
> To unsubscribe from SANET-MG:
> 1- Visit http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html to unsubscribe or;
> 2- Send a message to <[log in to unmask]> from the address subscribed to
> the list. Type "unsubscribe sanet-mg" in the body of the message.
>
> Visit the SANET-MG archives at:
> http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html.
> Questions? Visit http://www.sare.org/about/sanetFAQ.htm.
> For more information on grants and other resources available through the
> SARE program, please visit http://www.sare.org.
>
> If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic
listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address
bar
>  http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html

If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar
 http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html